Ember.js update model after save - authentication

Question

I have a small Ember app and adding in authentication at the moment with a simple API in the background:
POST /login
//returns
{
"token": "Much53cr4t"
}
Ember model for login (route setup correctly and calls the endpoint as expected)
App.Login = DS.Model.extend({
username: DS.attr(),
password: DS.attr(),
token: DS.attr()
});
Controller
App.LoginController = Ember.ObjectController.extend({
// Implement your controller here.
actions: {
submit: function() {
var self = this;
var login = self.get('model');
login.set('username', self.get('username'));
login.set('password', self.get('password'));
login.save().then(function (result) {
//do something here?
});
}
}
});
I would like to get the returned token value to be added either to the created model before save, or new one. Whichever is easier. Can't seem to find any other advice other than 'return an id' but that I would consider not the best when it comes to an AUTH API endpoint like this.

Answer 1

So I ended up adding a custom REST adapter for this:
App.LoginAdapter = DS.RESTAdapter.extend({
host: 'http://127.0.0.1',
createRecord: function(store, type, record) {
var p = this._super(store, type, record);
return p.then(function(data){
record.set('token', data['token']);
});
},
});
Still wonder is there an easier, or more 'Ember-way' for doing this?